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![]() ![]() For Immediate Release
Contact: Dana Weaver, 1-800-265-5242
Topeka, Kan. – The LeadingAge Kansas Foundation announced today seven winners of our 2017 Scholarship Program. Winners will be honored at the LeadingAge Kansas Policy and Leadership Conference at the Drury Broadview Plaza in Wichita on October 5, 2017. “We are pleased to announce our 2017 winners,” stated Jean Bryant, Foundation Board Chair. “This year’s recipients have a spirit of learning and dedication to caring for older Kansas. It is our pleasure to help them achieve their educational goals through this program.” The 2017 winners include:
“The Foundation’s Scholarship program is an important part of fulfilling our commitment to workforce growth and development within the LeadingAge Kansas membership,” states Debra Zehr, President and CEO of the LeadingAge Kansas and the Foundation. “The caliber of our scholarship winners this year is excellent. We wish them the very best in the pursuit of their educational goals.” The Scholarship Program was launched in 2012 as one answer to the workforce shortage in Aging Services. To date, they have provided over $37,000 to 50 deserving individuals serving in the field. Generous donors from around the state and Central National Bank have contributed to the fund and stand beside the Foundation in congratulating the 2017 recipients. The LeadingAge Kansas Foundation was formed in 1988 to advance the health and well-being of older adults by providing research, education, training and the dissemination of information for providers of long-term supports and services. Learn more at www.leadingagekansas.org/foundation. #LKF# |